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| Grant allows Prison Arts + Education project to continue |
| By theplainsman.com - Zeke Turrentine |
| Published: 09/19/2012 |
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APAEP hosted its first public display, “Art on the Inside,” in Biggin Hall in 2009. (Courtesy of cla.auburn.edu/apaep/artontheinside) slideshow Auburn’s spirit will continue to be felt in a dozen statewide prisons after a $50,000 grant for the school’s prison education project was awarded Aug. 30. The National Endowment for the Arts gave the grant to the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project. The decade-old project brings approximately 50 artists from around Alabama to six different correctional facilities to teach approximately 15 courses. Courses include poetry, Southern literature, African-American literature, short story writing and multimedia art. “In order for people to improve their lives, they need access to opportunities to grow,” said program director Kyes Stevens in a press release. “The continued support from the NEA allows the Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project to support engaged artists to teach visual arts within a population who profoundly benefit from the experience.” The APAEP started in 2002 with one poet-teacher as the Alabama Prison Arts Initiative with support from various groups, including the Alabama Humanities Foundation. Over the years, funds have come from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, the Alabama Arts Car Tag fund, the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham and the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation. APAEP won its first NEA funding in 2003. This is the sixth time it has received a NEA grant. The initiative became a full-time part of the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities in 2004. In 2008, APAEP moved to the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and became a part of the Outreach project. Since the beginning, the project has been a partner of the Alabama Department of Corrections. Courses have been offered in 10 of ADOC’s 18 facilities. Read More. |
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